1: Answering evolutionary Qs with genomics Flashcards

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What is a Selective sweep?

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Strongly positively selected trait, region around gene is ‘swept’ along with it = lack of diversity around selected allele

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What is a supergene?

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no. of tightly linked genes that are not affected by recombination

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